January 10, 201114 yr 1. Vanessa Carlton - Heroes And Thieves 2. Katharine Mcphee - Unbroken 3. James Blunt - All The Lost Souls 4. Taylor Swift - Speak Now 5. James Blunt - Back To Bedlam 6. Celine Dion - My Love: The Essential Collection 7. Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 8. James Blunt - Some Kind Of Trouble 9. Ellie Goulding - Lights 10. Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
January 10, 201114 yr The general lack of music knowledge from before 2000 here is upsetting me Why? Most people who have posted are teenagers and wouldn't have been exposed to/remember much music from before about 99. I can't speak for others but I know that for me personally I make an emotional connection with an album when I follow it from early hype through to the end of the campaign. With albums from the 90s and earlier that just isn't doable and I tend to think 'okay, the songs are good but I can't care about them that much'. It isn't something people deserve to be looked down on for.
January 10, 201114 yr Why? Most people who have posted are teenagers and wouldn't have been exposed to/remember much music from before about 99. I can't speak for others but I know that for me personally I make an emotional connection with an album when I follow it from early hype through to the end of the campaign. With albums from the 90s and earlier that just isn't doable and I tend to think 'okay, the songs are good but I can't care about them that much'. It isn't something people deserve to be looked down on for. I disagree. Just because someone is teenager doesn't mean he can't have music knowledge. I know a lot of teenagers that know a lot of things about music acts of 60s, 70s, 80s! It's more whether the person care to learn about it or not. And i agree about the part that it isn't something people don't deserve to be looked down on for. It's music they listen, they enjoy!
January 10, 201114 yr I disagree. Just because someone is teenager doesn't mean he can't have music knowledge. I know a lot of teenagers that know a lot of things about music acts of 60s, 70s, 80s! It's more whether the person care to learn about it or not. And i agree about the part that it isn't something people don't deserve to be looked down on for. It's music they listen, they enjoy!That's why Jark said "most people" on here. Not "all".
January 10, 201114 yr Why? Most people who have posted are teenagers and wouldn't have been exposed to/remember much music from before about 99. I can't speak for others but I know that for me personally I make an emotional connection with an album when I follow it from early hype through to the end of the campaign. With albums from the 90s and earlier that just isn't doable and I tend to think 'okay, the songs are good but I can't care about them that much'. It isn't something people deserve to be looked down on for. I don't think it's something to be looked down on for whatsoever, and it's not like I dislike current music (anyone who talks about how music used to be 'so much better' is daft - I think the past 5 years or so have been one of the most interesting times for music ever, period). I just feel like a lot of the people posting would claim to be music fans / music being a fairly large part of their life (you know, doing charts and such), and I find that while claiming that it's a bit silly to completely ignorant to music of the past. Not that they have to be well versed whatsoever, but at least be able to list one album from the 70s you find enjoyable. I just can't really imagine listening to Florence Welsh and not understanding the Kate Bush influence or Lady Gaga and not understanding the Bowie influence. I also think it's incredibly difficult to judge an album as one of your ALL TIME FAVORITES without letting it age 10 years or so. I DUNNO. Like will anyone remember The Saturdays or Avril Lavigne or Alexandra Burke in 20 years time? Maybe but probably not. No one is going to seek out their music at least, that's for sure. Eventually the music we consider modern will be retro and we'll be the old fartz reminiscing in the Retro Forum. I guess it's a cycle. I used to listen to pretty much modern music almost exclusively so I totally understand the sentiment. And I have more music from 2010 than the entirety of any other decade probably. But there's a lot of great stuff that people here would probably luvvvvvv if they were open to the idea of it. I'm not quite sure why the campaign of an album is relevant to the quality of it. But I guess on Buzzjack it makes semi-sense.
January 10, 201114 yr 01 2002 Shakira 'Laundry Service' I pondered which of the top three to make my numero uno album for a little while but it soon became clear that this, Shakira's first exploration of English-language music, had the edge. Whereas the other albums benefit from gimmicks like a massive return to popularity or a total reinvention of style, Shakira doesn't overthink things - she simply allows her music to evolve naturally. Laundry Service takes the Latin-infused rock-pop roots of her previous two albums and throws our language into the mix with astonishing results. Shakira has a way with words which goes way beyond the capabilities of a decent songwriter - she's witty as hell and fabulously biting, to the extent that it almost defies belief that English isn't her native tongue. Whenever, Wherever is of course famed for its genius comparison of breasts with mountains, Poem To A Horse believes that if you're going to risk talking in clichés it might be best not to talk at all, and Eyes Like Yours furiously transcends deserts and oceans in the search for Mr Right. Moreso than probably any other album on the list, my love is born from a really strong emotional connection with the mood of the music - Laundry Service is not an album that could ever be replicated (and Shakira, in her infinite wisdom, hasn't tried to). Three essentials: Whenever, Wherever / Poem To A Horse / Fool One for the trash: 02 2005 Mariah Carey 'The Emancipation of Mimi' Mariah has always pride herself on her diva status, and everybody knows that nobody does a show-stopping comeback quite like a big-lunged diva - so how appropriate that The Emancipation should resurrect Mariah from the ashes leftover by the painfully dull Charmbracelet and lift her back up onto her pedestal as the greatest R&B artist of her generation. The signs were there when lead single It's Like That was unleashed (together with a massively slick and sexy video set at a masquerade ball which saw Mariah enjoy a good old eye-fuck with Wentwood Miller - who has also become fat since!) and secured strong chart positions on both sides of the Atlantic, but it was We Belong Together which really confirmed that Mariah was back, giving her a number one for the first time in half a decade and showing off the return of her VOX. The album strikes a perfect balance between contemporary urban music and old-school grooves throughout, and every song, be it an uptempo or a rousing slow jam, is an excuse to wipe the floor vocally with every other diva going. I bet Mary J Blige was hella pissed off - just as the competition had cleared and she had readied her best album in forever, Mariah comes back and STEALS HER THUNDER in multi-platinum fashion. The icing on the cake was Mariah taking it back to the church as though it was still 1992 on the soaring Fly Like A Bird. At her festive best, Mariah is the ultimate H.B.I.C. Three essentials: It's Like That / One & Only / Fly Like A Bird One for the trash: To The Floor 03 2004 Anastacia 'Anastacia' A true tour de force of a record, Anastacia's self-titled third album is a rollicking rollercoaster ride which refuses to let you off until you reach the end, and like a number of the albums on this list it truly took its singer, a mid-level popstar, and helped her on her way to pure superstar status. Anastacia wisely decided to fully embrace the pop-rock sound she had flirted with on her previous two albums, and from the moment the angry dirge of Seasons Change begins there's no doubt that Anastacia is on a mission to make the record of a lifetime. Through the soaring urgency of Time, the gospel-tinged fury of Left Outside Alone, the heart-wrenching solitude of Heavy On My Heart and the new leaf empowerment of Welcome To My Truth, Anastacia never holds back, unleashing a vast array of emotions at every twist and turn - more than anything, she has a lot of bitterness and none of it is going unexplored. There's a brief respite from the perpetual anger in Sexy Single, a light-hearted celebration of being without a man, before things climax with the super-emotional Rearview, which soars so high she might as well be up Everest. The final two songs probably shouldn't have made the tracklist (although Maybe Today is lovely, if bland), but that's barely a criticism at all given how strong the rest is. It's a shame her career has gone to pot since, because this album was firm proof of her potential to be the world's number one popstar. Three essentials: Left Outside Alone / Sexy Single / Rearview One for the trash: Where Do I Belong 04 2002 Christina Aguilera 'Stripped' Now Christ-tina Aguilegend might not be able to catch a hit nowadays but nobody else was doing it quite like her back in oh two. Britney recruited the Neptunes for a very half-arsed reinvention, with mixed results (at best), whilst P!nk was still finding her sound with M!ssundaztood, but Christina was taking control of her career, for better or worse. Things didn't look so hot to begin with after Dirrty flunked in the US chart with a measly top 50 peak, but one sappy empowerment anthem later and the world was putty in Xtina's hands and suddenly she wasn't quite so Underappreciated. The album sports a mostly mature, adult contemporary sort of sound, as evidenced on the ultra-lush Walk Away and Loving Me 4 Me, which could hardly have been any further away from the bubblegum pop of her debut, but it doesn't completely conceal L'aguilegend's in your face persona, which rears its (ugly?) head on the fantastically brash Fighter, the gritty hip-pop of Can't Hold Us Down, and most hilariously on Make Over, on which Christina proves (with ear-splitting results) that NOBODY can shout LOUDER than SHE. Miraculously free of filler (the only true example being I'm OK, on which she and Linda Perry shamelessly rip off Perry's own P!nk collabo, the superior My Vietnam), Stripped is an exercise is establishing artistic identity and sticking two fingers up at the world. And it is GLORIOUS. Three essentials: Can't Hold Us Down / Loving Me 4 Me / Get Mine, Get Yours One for the trash: I'm OK 05 2006 Kelis 'Kelis Was Here' Most people seem to name Tasty as their favourite Kelis record but for me there's no doubt that this is the stronger album, despite never catching on with either the public or her casual fans. There really is something for everybody here; the aggressive hip-hop of Blindfold Me and Bossy (the latter being the song that Beyoncé's Diva was trying to be - and failing on all counts), the rousing soul of Appreciate Me, space-age slow jams in Trilogy and Lil' Star, the cheeky upbeat pop of I Don't Think So (the Dr Luke hit that never was), just to name a few of the sub-genres Kelis takes on and effortlessly masters. As if it wasn't enough that the never-ending tracklist is a masterclass in balancing and blending sonic opposites, Kelis shows off her way with words on Circus: Dressing rooms, costumes Who's doing who?, gossip, rumours Groupies, just too much Everybody's like let's do lunch That's why it doesn't matter That's why I'm not a rapper Still spit a few bars Might never hear this song Label might say hell naw Get a new female star She don't have to sing She don't have to bring anything! I could go on for hours but I'll try and keep it concise. Needless to say this woman is pure talent and it pains me that she left behind the R&B groove so prominent on this album in favour of the colder dance of Flesh Tone, but hopefully she'll foray back into urban territory one day. Three essentials: Fire / Appreciate Me / Circus One for the trash: Fuck Them Bitches 06 2001 Kylie Minogue 'Fever' Some album campaigns are perfect from beginning to end. This was one. I can't think of a single thing I would change about the release of Fever and its singles; all I would say is that Love Affair deserved a single release, but then the four chosen were perfect so it matters not. The album veers between out-and-out dance-pop (stunning opener More More More), bubblegum (the title track, Give It To Me) and retro disco (Burning Up) and sounds totally comfortable at each stop. Unfortunately megahit lead single Can't Get You... sounds tired nowadays after such extreme overplay, but mercifully Love At First Sight remains every inch the uplifting anthem it was back in 01. Three essentials: Love At First Sight / Come Into My World / Love Affair One for the trash: 07 2009 Natalie Bassingthwaighte '1000 Stars' The most recent record in this list, 1000 Stars continues a long-tradition of incredible Australian pop music. Things don't get off to the greatest start with the tacky Catch Me If You Can but it's not long before we're into stone cold classic territory with the utterly gorgeous title track and the mesmerising all-out dance number Could You Be Loved?, which packs in a perfectly-utilised Robert Miles sample. But my two favourites fall near the end of the tracklist; Love Like This, a melodic melancholy-fest which for my money is right up there with Love At First Sight, and best of all This Can't Be Love, a furious pop-rock stomper which absolutely demands everybody's attention from the moment the twinkly bassline kicks in. Without any doubt one of the most talented people in pop right now, I'd love for Natalie to make it big on a global scale. She's the tits. Three essentials: 1000 Stars / This Can't Be Love / Love Like This One for the trash: In His Eyes 08 1997 Shania Twain 'Come On Over' This is the biggest-selling female album of all-time for a reason - it's a work of art. Shania perfected a formula here - country beats with pop appeal, topped by interesting (often zany) lyrics and an easy, alluring vocal delivery. There's an anthem for most occasions to be found on this record - weddings are catered for by the heartfelt From This Moment On, Shania empowers women world-over on Black Eyes, Blue Tears, hen parties have never had it luckier than with Man! I Feel Like A Woman, and of course anybody with high standards need not look any further than That Don't Impress Me Much, which is so good (in its original form) that they haven't even invented a word to do it justice yet. Only Rock This Country! slips into more generic territory, but even that doesn't forget to pack in a memorable chorus. Never will a better country-pop album be made. Three essentials: I Won't Leave You Lonely / Love Gets Me Every Time / That Don't Impress Me Much One for the trash: You've Got A Way 09 2004 Gwen Stefani 'Love. Angel. Music. Baby.' Once every couple of years comes along an album chocked full of smash hits which turns its singer into an almighty superstar - Loose and Good Girl Gone Bad fit that bill, but L.A.M.B. got there first and turned Gwen into a household name globally, almost as if to make up for the lack of recognition she received as the electrifying frontwoman of No Doubt. The album has its share of filler but it doesn't matter when the highlights are so strong, and the likes of Harajuku Girls (unsubtly laced with Japanese culture references and sung from the parody-esque perspective of an American tourist), Crash (complete with car collision sound effects, just to nail the theme home) and Danger Zone (sung with such intensity that Gwen might as well be mentally ill) are hard to argue with. Best of all, of course, is the almighty What You Waiting For, which must surely be one of the greatest debut singles of all time. If only she'd come close to replicating the formula with follow-up album The Sweet Escape, she might be the greatest popstar of her generation. As it is she'll have to settle for a runner-up position. Three essentials: Hollaback Girl / Cool / Serious One for the trash: Long Way To Go 10 2007 Kelly Clarkson 'My December' It takes balls to record an ultra-personal and introspective record as the follow up to one of the biggest successes of the decade, but My December was nonetheless not the joyless affair that some people made out; it had commercial moments (Don't Waste Your Time for instance), a few of the huge choruses which populated Breakaway (my personal favourite, Judas), and numerous luscious ballads and haunting midtempos. I've never heard adlibs as crazily intense as those on Maybe. Definitely a much stronger album than the ones which preceeded and succeeded it, although it's a mystery to me why the miserable, tuneless Never Again was lead single. Three essentials: Judas / Maybe / Irvine One for the trash: Never Again
January 10, 201114 yr Let's post some pictures that no one else has! :lol: http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/RTRADCD219.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/1764098.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/WIGCD216.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/88697430852.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/SPCD595.JPG http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/gad905cd.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/5330159.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/FOODCD10.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/ole5452.JPGhttp://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/arts/2005/08/18/black.jpg :wub:
January 10, 201114 yr Was going to do images but HMV dont have the correct image for Dog Man Star 1.Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible - 10th Anniversary Edition 2.Suede - Dog Man Star 3.Mansun - Six 4.Tori Amos - Under the Pink 5.Orbital - Insides 6.Kate Bush - Hounds of Love 7.Massive Attack - Messanine 8.REM - Up 9.New Order - Lowlife 10.The Cure - Disintegration
January 10, 201114 yr For pop albums 1. Daft Punk - Discovery 2. Pet Shop Boys - Actually 3. Erasure - Chorus 4. Madonna - Ray of Light 5. Michael Jackson - Bad 6. Garbage - Garbage
January 10, 201114 yr Couldn't do a top 10, had to be a Top 20 : http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/82876702912.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/74321961252.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/cdv2850.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/GIRLSALOUD07.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/88697190732.JPG http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/5134712.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/88697672272.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/6870432.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/2701162.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/1790090.JPG http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/PRERELCDCLARK.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/88697476842.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/2752365.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/RIHANNARATEDR.JPG http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/88697359692.JPG http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/1790073.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/88697083922.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/cdvx2928.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/PRERELCDCAGUIL.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/88697406922.JPG 1. Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway 2. Christina Aguilera - Stripped 3. Spice Girls - Spiceworld 4. Girls Aloud - Tangled Up 5. Britney Spears - Blackout 6. Anastacia - Anastacia 7. Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment 8. Evanescence - Fallen 9. The Saturdays - Chasing Lights 10. Duffy - Rockferry 11. Kelly Clarkson - My December 12. Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted 13. Rihanna - Loud 14. Rihanna - Rated R 15. Leona Lewis - Spirit 16. Girls Aloud - Out Of Control 17. Beyonce - B'Day 18. Spice Girls - Forever 19. Christina Aguilera - Back To Basics 20. P!nk - Funhouse Probably something like that, although I'm sure there is some gems that I've forgotten... Edited January 10, 201114 yr by Lukuzz
January 10, 201114 yr In a rough order: http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/4774212.JPG http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/CDKIDA1.JPG http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/FOODCD29.JPG http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/RTRADCD250.JPG http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/RTRADCD219.JPG http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/7599251102.JPG http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/2752373.JPG http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/EA62061.2.JPG http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/4759592.JPG http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/4509918962.JPG Manic Street Preachers - Holy Bible Radiohead - Kid A Blur - 13 Sufjan Stevens - Illinois Arcade Fire - Funeral Prince - Purple Rain Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Bjork - Homogenic Nas - Illmatic The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead I know the Kanye album is probably a bit too recent to be included, but Late Registration was always one of my favourites, and since I now prefer MBDTF, made sense to put it in. My top 10 is always changing anyway, even the Blur album would change depending on my mood.
January 10, 201114 yr Three essentials: Left Outside Alone / Sexy Single / Rearview One for the trash: Where Do I Belong Really?! :o In my opinion, it's one of the best on the album!
January 10, 201114 yr Let's post some pictures that no one else has! :lol: http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/RTRADCD219.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/1764098.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/WIGCD216.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/88697430852.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/SPCD595.JPG http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/gad905cd.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/5330159.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/FOODCD10.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/ole5452.JPGhttp://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/arts/2005/08/18/black.jpg Ah, I love this list! :cheer: Animal Collective. :heart: Mine, not in any particular order because I can't decide one: 1. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga 2. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion 3. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can 4. Marissa Nadler - Song 3: Bird on the Water 5. Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch 6. Alanis Morrissette - Jagged Little Pill 7. Darren Hayes - This Delicate Thing We've Made 8. Kanye West - The College Dropout 9. Fall Out Boy - Folie a Deux 10. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
January 10, 201114 yr A New World Record - ELO Then in no particular order: Out of the Blue - ELO Revolver - The Beatles Favourite Worst Nightmares - Arctic Monkeys* The Fame - Lady GaGa Beautiful World - Take That Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls Demon Days - Gorillaz Songs About Jane - Maroon 5 Running In The Family - Level 42 There ... if that doesn't prove I'm 101 tomorrow I don't know what will! Kath *This album should really be top as I'm almost ready to buy a new copy of it ... between me and my son ... we've worn the current one out in the car cd player! I'm so glad to the AM fans on this site for 'challenging' me to listen to it! Edited January 10, 201114 yr by Kathyp
January 10, 201114 yr 01 Kylie Minogue rhythm of love 02 Bon Jovi slippery when wet 03 Kylie Minogue light years 04 Def Leppard adrenalize 05 Snow Patrol eyes open 06 The Killers hot fuss 07 Bon Jovi crush 08 Take That the circus 09 Aracde Fire neon nights 10 The Prodigy music for the jilted generation Edited January 10, 201114 yr by Aphrodite
January 10, 201114 yr In no order it goes something like this Marina & The Diamonds - The Family Jewels Evanescence - Fallen Kate Nash - Made Of Bricks Santigold - Santogold Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim The Presets - Apocalypso Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me Plus many more, really hard to decide. I didn't know i'm so 2006+ biased albums-wise! :o
January 10, 201114 yr 4. Marissa Nadler - Song 3: Bird on the Water 10. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me You have some other great albums listed but massive :wub: for those two, especially the Marissa Nadler one which is just stunning.
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